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This year's festival highlight: Rob Da Bank's Bestivalhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/26/rob-da-bank-festivals-guide
Rob and Josie Da Bank have survived debts, deluges and David Icke on their way to turning Bestival into the party of the year<p>We've all watched in horror as the storm clouds of doom have gathered over a defenceless festival site. But imagine how it feels when it's <em>your</em> festival about to endure a physical and financial rinsing. &quot;The panic was awful,&quot; confirms Josie Da Bank of the year when the rains came to Bestival, turning the site into a swamp and making the underwater fancy dress theme feel like a cruel joke. &quot;We had to have a plastic floor driven down from Newcastle in the middle of the night. Without that we wouldn't have been able to open. Our producer had to stay up all night paying people cash to lay it in the rain. Every time they tried to walk off he'd hand them another tenner.&quot;</p><p>In a way, though, the great soaking of 2008 was the making of Bestival. &quot;We learned so much from that show. Up until then we had our head in the clouds a bit about the reality of running a festival.&quot; Handled badly, the monsoon year could have spelled the end for Bestival; as it happens, the event has sold out on every subsequent occasion.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/26/rob-da-bank-festivals-guide">Continue reading...</a>Bestival 2012FestivalsMusicCultureBestivalGlastonbury festivalBasement JaxxCamp BestivalMusic festivalsFri, 25 May 2012 23:28:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/26/rob-da-bank-festivals-guideAlicia Canter/GuardianRob da Bank and wife Josie, organisers of Bestival. Photograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianAlicia Canter/GuardianRob da Bank and wife Josie, organisers of Bestival. Photograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianSam Richards2012-05-25T23:28:00Z